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$3 million residential solar award to Evansville terminated by EPA, staff say; planned installations and resilience hubs paused

5889707 · August 19, 2025
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Evansville staff reported Aug. 19 that a planned $3 million award from a coalition led by Solar Opportunities Indiana was terminated by the U.S. EPA, pausing plans to install residential solar on roughly 50 low-income homes and construct 1–4 resilience hubs with battery backup.

Lauren Norvell told the board Aug. 19 that a planned $3 million grant intended to fund residential solar for low-income households and resilience hubs in Evansville was terminated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Norvell said Solar Opportunities Indiana, a state coalition, had been preparing to allocate approximately $3,000,000 to Evansville for residential…

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